The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-15
GRAND JURY REPORT.
Removal OF Deputy sheriff Perry Rec
Ommended-TheC Court House.

| Ommended-The Court House.
The report Of the Grand Jury to Cir
cult Judge King is given below:
/ To the Hon. T. =. King. Judge of Circuit Court.
Fifth Judicial District State of Florida:
We, the Grand jury assembled for the
| Spring term of the Circuit Court for Put
| nam county for the year 1887. do offer
| this as our general presentment. We
| have endeavored faithfully To dischar.e
the duties devolved upon Us. and in 50
| doing have found nineteen true bills in
| cases brought to our notice: have espe-
ciaIly enquired into the pernicious and
too common habit of carrying concealed
weapons examined the books of JUS
| tices of the Peace. County Clerk and
School Superintendent. PROBATE Judge
Tax Collector. County Treasurer and
Sheriff. and with pleasure testify to the
general neatness and apparent correctness
in which their books and Papers are kept.
We have also examined the County
Jail and Court-Ifourse ard submit the
following recommendations:
MaSistrates-That all Justices of the
Peace report all fines imposed To the
Board of County Commissioners. and
that said Board publish such report as
part of their proceedings; and further.
that all officers of the county shall pub
lIsh an itemized semi-annual statement
of all moneys received and how dis
bursed. That Justices of the Peace enter
ON margin of Docket itemized memoran-
ia of costs i'm both civil and criminal
cases.
County CommiSsIoners-W recon-
mend that the County Commissioners
make reports as directed in McClellan's
Digest. page 3l1. Sec. :: and that said
Board make provision Ia care for the des-
titute sick.
Sheriff and Jail-In view of the evil
dence brought before this jury we deem
il necessary for the public good To rec
Ommend the removal of c. j. Perry as
Deputy Sheriff.
We find the number of cells i'm the Jail
inadequate To the proper care of the
number of prisoners usually confined
therein. and recommend that steps be
taken looking to the early completion of
the second tier of cells as per original
plan: and further. that ample means he
provided the prisoners for washing clothes
and bathing, the present arrangement
being entirely insufficient; and the jury
very urgently recommends that the Sher-
Iff he supplied with "A reasonable number
of suits of cheap clothes. and the prison
erS be- required To wear them while con
fined in the Jail, exchanging them for
their own when discharged.
Complaint has been ma le of the in
the Jail. it appearing that persons i'm the
street can throw articles over the fence
and through the windows to prisoners i'm
the corridors as well as converse with
them, and the jury recommend that this
evil be at once remedied, and Also the
defective drain pipe leading from cell
room to cesspOol be Immediately re-
paired.
The jury are very unanimous in the
opinion and recommend that the County
Commissioners make such arrangements
with the town authorities or others as
may he practicable ard lawful to work
such prisoners as are confined for mistle-
meanors; provided said town authorities
or Othe y pay the cost of keeping such
prisoners while 50 eIhployed.
Courts We have carefully considered
the matter of the establishment of Grim
inal Court of Record for this county. aid
i'm the Judgment of this jury 1t will be
better To have the term of the Circuit
Court lengthened- hold four weeks if
necessary.
In our examination of the County
Court-Hou5e and offices of the various
county officials. We find them i'm every
instance to be utterly insufficient for tire
proper transaction of the business of the
county and protection of county records
and papers, and we heartily recomme nj
tiiht steps Dt t.tken DN the proper OFFICIALS
to submit to the voters of Putnam coun-
ty the question of bonding said county
for sum sufficient To construct ib-
Stantial, commOdious and firt,-proOf
building for tie above purpose.
And we also recommend that the Leg
islature he petitiOned to district this
county into school districts as provided
for in the New Constitution.
The members of this jury desire to ex-
press to your Honor, our high app ecia-
ton OF the courteous manner with which
you have treated the jury, and we in
dividually and as body cordially Join
in the recommendations already made to
his Excellency, Gov. Perry, that you be
reappointed at the expiration of your
present term.
The jury desire To express their thanks
To the Hon. w. III. Wigg, District Attor-
ney, and to- the Sheriff and his assistants
for their uniform attention and kind
ness To the members of this Jury.
Having concluded our labors we the
Grand Jury, ask to he discharged.
RICHARD j. ADAMS. +. &. BLANCHARD.
Foreman: Clerk:
NORTH KOHL L. Ii. CAUTHES.
ALLEN GOODSON, n. 4. CREWS.
L. III. BRADDOCK. JOHN RYALL.
+. +. RUTHERFORD. PETER JOHNSON.
j. T. PRIME. H. L. SPARKS
JOHN III. COLE, PETER RICE.
\. L. CANOVA, NJ. w. MACK.
III. \. HEATH. JOHN T.. MARSHALL.